BILL NUMBER: SB 1538	CHAPTERED  09/27/00

	CHAPTER   769
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2000

   An act to amend Sections 15346.3, 15346.4, 15346.9, and 65053 of
the Government Code, relating to economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1538, Knight.  Military base reuse.
   (1) Existing law specifies a single reuse entity for certain
specified military bases subject to closure pursuant to the federal
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act and also specifies a
procedure for the recognition of a single local reuse entity for any
military base that is closed in the state.  Existing law also
requires that this entity be recognized as the planning authority for
the base by all state agencies and provides that it is the only
entity that is eligible for specified state benefits for use on the
base.  These provisions are repealed as of January 1, 2001.
   This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to
January 1, 2007.
   (2) Existing law establishes the California Defense Retention and
Conversion Council in the Trade and Commence Agency until January 1,
2007, and provides that the council consists of specified members,
including a nonvoting representative from each branch of the United
States Armed Forces within California, appointed by the Governor.
Existing law also requires the members to elect a chairperson of the
council and provides that, at the request of a council member, the
council may review specified actions or programs by state agencies
that may affect military base retention and reuse.
   This bill would require the military representatives to be flag
officers, or their designees, from each branch of the United States
Armed Forces representing a mission or installation in California to
serve as liaisons to the council, and would require that the
Secretary of Trade and Commerce serve as the chairperson of the
council.  The bill would require a majority vote of the council, in
addition to the request of a council member, to review specified
actions or programs by state agencies.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 15346.3 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15346.3.  The California Defense Retention and Conversion Council
shall consist of the following members, who shall be appointed as
follows:
   (a) The Governor shall have 11 appointees, who may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
   (1) The Secretary of Trade and Commerce, or his or her designee.
   (2) The Secretary of Environmental Protection, or his or her
designee.
   (3) The Director of Employment Development, or his or her
designee.
   (4) The Director of Planning and Research, or his or her designee.

   (5) The Director of the Energy Resources, Conservation and
Development Commission, or his or her designee.
   (6) The Director of Transportation, or his or her designee.
   (7) The Director of the Employment Training Panel, or his or her
designee.
   (8) The Secretary of Resources, or his or her designee.
   (9) A member who is an elected public official from local
government representing a community with an active defense
installation.
   (10) A member who is an elected public official from local
government representing a community with a closed defense
installation.
   (11) A public member selected at large.
   (b) The Speaker of the Assembly shall have two appointees who may
include, but are not limited to, members representing labor,
business, or local government.
   (c) The Senate Committee on Rules shall have two appointees who
may include, but are not limited to, members representing labor,
business, or local government.
   (d) Nonvoting members, to consist of all of the following:
   (1) At his or her option, the President of the University of
California, or his or her designee.
   (2) The Chancellor of the California State University, or his or
her designee.
   (3) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or his or
her designee.
   (4) The Speaker of the Assembly, or his or her designee.
   (5) The President pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her
designee.
   (6) At the request of the Governor, a flag officer, or his or her
designee, from each branch of the United States Armed Forces
representing a mission or installation in California to serve as a
liaison to the council.
  SEC. 2.  Section 15346.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   15346.4.  (a) The Secretary of Trade and Commerce shall serve as
chairperson of the council.
   (b) The Office of Military Base Retention shall provide staff
support to the council.
   (c) It shall be the purpose of the council to provide a central
clearinghouse for all defense retention, conversion, and base reuse
activities in the state.
  SEC. 3.  Section 15346.9 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   15346.9.  In addition to the duties specified in Section 15346.5,
the council shall do all of the following:
   (a) At the request of a council member and upon majority vote of
the council, the council may review actions or programs by state
agencies that may affect military base retention and reuse and offer
comments or suggest changes to better integrate these actions or
programs into the overall state strategic plan required pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 15346.5.
   (b) The council shall prepare a study considering strategies for
the long-term protection of lands adjacent to military bases from
development that would be incompatible with the continuing missions
of those bases.  The study shall include the effects of local land
use encroachment, environmental impact considerations, and population
growth issues.  The study shall recommend basic criteria to assist
local governments in identifying lands where incompatible development
may adversely impact the long-term missions of these bases.  The
study shall also identify potential mechanisms, including
recommendations for changes in law at the local or state level, to
address these issues.  In conducting this study, the council may use
the Naval Air Station at Lemoore and Edwards Air Force Base as case
studies.
   The council shall hold public hearings on this study, including at
least one in the vicinity of either Lemoore or Edwards.
Notwithstanding Section 7550.5, the council shall prepare and submit
to the Governor and the Legislature by November 30, 2000, a report on
this study with any recommendations.
  SEC. 4.  Section 65053 of the Government Code is amended to read:
   65053.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2007, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends
that date.
